Patents by Inventor Thomas Ruckel

Thomas Ruckel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8753055
    Abstract: A device for connecting two components, comprising: an anchoring element (12) with an elongated anchoring section (14) with an elongated hollow space (16) and a head section (18), a fastening element (38) with a head (44) and a pin section (40) with an outer thread, at least four elastic locking feet (22, 24) being provided on the anchoring section, wherein two locking feet are provided on opposing sides of the anchoring section, respectively and the locking feet (22, 24) each have at least two locking shoulders (28, 30) arranged offset in the longitudinal direction of the anchoring section, for locking on openings of components of different thicknesses, and wherein opposing locking feet each have identically designed locking shoulders, which are however offset with respect to the locking shoulders of other opposing locking feet in the longitudinal direction of the anchoring section, and in the elongated hollow space of the anchoring section at least two diametrically opposed rows are provided, each with a pl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Ruckel
  • Publication number: 20080196770
    Abstract: A valve mounted in a circular aperture in an approximately horizontal automobile body part, comprising a valve body fitted with means that shall be in-stalled in sealing manner in said aperture, further a valve element that in its closed position cooperates in sealing manner with the said valve body and that in its open position allows water draining from top to bottom, characterized in that the valve element is rotationally symmetrical and designed in a manner that it shall float up at a water pressure underneath it and be adjusted thereby into the closed position and in that the valve element comprises a conical segment resting in sealing manner against the edge facing it of the cross-sectionally circular passage of the valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: ITW AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Ruckel, Frank Eckstein